after britney spears alleged she was backhanded in the face of a security guard on wednesday. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. welcome we begin with the war in ukraine and differences emerging between nato allies over whether controversial cluster munitions should be sent to kyiv. an announcement by washington on a new package of weapons including cluster munitions is expected in the coming minutes. these images are from the us department of defence and show cluster bombs detonating. kyiv has been pressing for the weapons for its counteroffensive. but cluster bombs are banned by many countries around the world because of the danger they pose to civilians sometimes years after a conflict ends. germany has voiced opposition to such a move and humanitarian organisations have urged both russia and ukraine to avoid cluster munitions completely. this is the scene at the white house wh
second meeting after yesterday. this is xi s first visit to russia since putin launched his unprovoked war on ukraine. today they will get to the main topics with ukraine a key item. kristie lu stout is joining me from hong kong. so what is on the agenda today in moscow? reporter: this is the main day of the talks. the agenda, you have an official meeting ceremony with negotiations, there will be signing of documents, a media statement and then a formal lunch. and so far the leaders of china and russia have been presenting this united front in moscow just days after the icc that arrest warrant for vladimir putin. they greeted each other, calling each other dear friends, they held informal talks that lasted nearly 4 1/2 hours. and xi jinping said that russia and china have similar goals. listen to this. translator: it is true we share the same or similar goals. we have exerted efforts for prosperity of our respective countries. we can cooperate and work together to achieve
is a pr problem, but it is a legal problem. it is more political persecution of donald j. trump. they can t stand that americans love him. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, august 9. 4:00 a.m. in palm beach florida where the fbi has executed a search warrant at donald trump s residence inside his mar-a-lago resort. multiple sources say it is part of an investigation into trump s handling of presidential documents including classified material. a person close to the matter tells cnn agents took boxes of items from the property. the former president was in this morning at the time, again sources tell cnn investigators have visited mar-a-lago in recent months to talk with tru trump s attorney about material taken from the white house. with trump in new york the secret service presence in mar-a-lago was small but a source says the fbi did provide a head s up before the search. cnn is learning the fbi interviewed aides to the former pre
pentagon to ukraine, i would leave it to the pentagon to make a formal announcement later this afternoon for the announcement later this afternoon for the next drawdown package, and to go for the next drawdown package, and to go into for the next drawdown package, and to go into the details of that drawdown package and specifics on the types drawdown package and specifics on the types of munitions being provided, but i will use this opportunity to make a few points. first. opportunity to make a few points. first. we opportunity to make a few points. first, we base our security assistance decision on the ground, and ukraine assistance decision on the ground, and ukraine it needs artillery to sustain and ukraine it needs artillery to sustain its and ukraine it needs artillery to sustain its offensive and defensive operations. artillery as of at the core operations. artillery as of at the core of operations. artillery as of at the core of this operations. artillery as
than they expected, but you have to look at what they re up against. russia knew where they were going to be coming for and has heavily mined a lot of those areas to protect its troops. it s always easier as the wisdom of war goes to defend than to attack. the other thing that the russians did was they allegedly took out that bomb in the that dam in the south, which flooded a large area. the russians no longer had more forces north, so ukraine is facing an entrenched enemy that is reinforced. moscow just said it is going to be calling up tens of thousands of reserves. kim, for a moment, stand by because we re going to the national security adviser at the podium at the white house. here s jake sullivan. to go into the details of that drawdown package and the specifics on the types of munitions being provided, but i will use this opportunity today to make a few points.